The IEEE Standards Association and Its Ecosystem

This article describes IEEE Standards Associations and the ecosystem that surrounds it including: 1) The core principles of the Standards Association; 2) The history of the Standards Association including the formation of the Industry Standards and Technology Organization (ISTO) and the Corporate Advisory Group (CAG); 3) How societies and other groups within the Institutes sponsor the development of standards; 4) The process by which IEEE standards projects are initiated, developed and approved; 5) The intellectual property rights (IPR) policy of the Standards Association and the policies and procedures of the various group involved in standards development. 6) The development of consensus and the process used to appeal decisions made during standards development; 7) The Standards Association's relationship with other standards developing organizations including ISO, IEC and ITU.